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Integrating collaborative governance theory with the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2018

Elizabeth A. Koebele Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth A. Koebele [Opens in a new window]
Elizabeth A. Koebele*
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Political Science Department, University of Nevada Reno, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

As collaborative governance processes continue to grow in popularity, practitioners and policy scholars alike can benefit from the development of methods to better analyse and evaluate them. This article develops one such method by demonstrating how collaborative governance theory can be integrated with the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to better explain coalition dynamics, policy-oriented learning and policy change in collaborative contexts. I offer three theoretical propositions that suggest alternate relationships among ACF variables under collaborative governance arrangements and illustrate these propositions using interview data from an original case study of a collaborative governance process in Colorado, USA. The integration of collaborative governance theory with the ACF improves its application in collaborative contexts and provides new theoretical insights into the study and practice of collaborative governance.

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Advocacy Coalition Frameworkcoalitionscollaborative governancepolicy changepolicy-oriented learning
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Research Article
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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 35 - 64
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© Cambridge University Press, 2018 

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